By Amy Glover Mark it down as a strong weekend for regular racers at Atlanta Dragway. Saturday’s race exposed some Atlanta Dragway regulars as serious competition, with many names reappearing in the top spots of each category. In Super Pro competition, Gainesville’s Brad Howard got the bye-run into the finals, pitting his ’02 Miller ...
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Three veteran racecar drivers with local ties have been named among the 15 semi-finalists for the 2009 class for the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. Buck Simmons, Tommie Irvin and Katron Sosebee are among the semi-finalists. The final group of eight that will make up the 2009 class will be voted on during a June 13 meeting at the Hall of Fame in ...
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T.J. Reaid outran Late Model veteran Russell Fleeman of Dacula and young gun Casey Roderick to become the first repeat GAS winner this season, as he grabbed the victory Saturday night at Lanier National Speedway. Reaid and Fleeman traded the lead three times in the 100-lap Pro Late Model feature with Reaid taking the checkers 1.302 seconds ...
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The Jefferson Park and Rec swim team, the Sea Dragons, are set to get their 2009 summer season kicked off next week, and according to team administrator and assistant coach Chad Klinck, it should be one of the best on record for the program. Klinck says the team has about 95 kids this year, up from 80 that took part last year. “(Between) ...
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Commerce High School juniors who took the Georgia High School Graduation Test for the first time this year had fewer failures than their counterparts both statewide and locally. While students are allowed to take the tests several times before graduation, the first-time GHSGT results are used as a barometer to see where students stand as they ...
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Judge Joe Booth has cleared the way for Jackson County to proceed with its suit against the group that owns the Bear Creek Reservoir. If the county prevails and if Jackson County’s analysis is correct, members of the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority are in for a shock. Jackson County filed suit because experts it hired determined that the ...
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The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has allowed Braselton to change its outdoor watering restrictions. The changes take effect immediately. The new rules allow each household, business or other property owner to use sprinklers and irrigation systems, from midnight to 10 a.m. on designated days. Odd-numbered addresses may water on ...
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A teenager waiting in a vehicle as family members shopped in Braselton said an unknown man assaulted her on Sunday. The 13-year-old girl was in the parking lot at Publix on Ga. Hwy. 211, when she decided to wait in her father’s vehicle as he and her siblings went into a store. The girl was sitting in the vehicle sending text messages on her ...
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Hoschton will appeal a judge’s ruling that the city must pay almost $230,000 to a development company. The city council voted on Monday to fight a judge’s May 8 decision, after a 30-minute closed-door session to discuss pending or potential litigation. The council also agreed to “communicate and cooperate” with the Bank of North Georgia ...
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A Colbert man was arrested recently after a scuffle with deputies at his home on Shoal Creek Road. Gary Dwight Beck, 38, 1265 Shoal Creek Road, was charged with three counts of obstruction of an officer, and one count each of disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. According to the incident report, Lt. Burl Johnson and Deputy Josh Fowler went ...
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